I was doing some searching on PubMed and came across an article describing the benefits of a ketogenic diet for patients with fatty liver and fibrosis.
They placed 5 patients with biopsy proven fatty liver on a ketogenic diet for 6 months and guess what… the mean weight loss was over 25 lbs. At the end of the study, they did biopsies of the liver, and they found that there was overall improvement in inflammation, degree of fatty liver, and fibrosis.
Pretty amazing isn’t it?
This is probably due to removing the inflammatory influence that chronic carbohydrate ingestion has on the body and liver.… Read More